jamaraz unreleased #32: 'FOMO' (live)

Something a little different this week, since this video is the only recording of this song! It's a song I wrote for a band I was in, but it never got further than this. Do you think it's worth recording this properly?

The band was called Apocalyptic Training Program (or ATP for short), but it dissolved pretty soon after this video (taken in May 2022) just because two members (both off-screen - Kyle on guitar and Jacob on saxophone) left school in the summer as they were two years older than me at the time.

The drummer Nathan is actually the drummer in the current Ricky Jamaraz band which is cool though! You can see him in the video a bit. Well, the top of his head at least.

Lyrics

It's taking over, taking over my mind
And it's a lot of different feelings combined
And it's taking over, taking over
And there's nothing I can do
To stop it from infecting my life

I hope that you're all having a good time
And I wonder why I didn't get an invite
And it's taking over, I'm so much closer
Than I was in October
God, give me my closure, oh

I've got a fear of missing out
Do you think she's having fun without me
Do you think she's thinking about me
I've got my plan all drawn out
Last night I shat out my self-doubt
Watch her slip away in slo-mo
Little thing I like to call FOMO, oh no

It's taking over and it's playing with my thoughts
Playing a losing game of crosses and noughts
And it's taking over, taking over
I ate my 4 leaf clover
Nothing can save, nothing can stop my

Fear of missing out...

© & ℗ Copyright Ricky Jamaraz Music 2022 & 2025.

So that's that.

Credits to Nathan Slowey for drumming, Jacob Slowey for playing saxophone even though it was pretty much impossible to hear over the guitars and drums, Kyle Fraser for guitar, and the Slowey family for letting us play in their garage!

Coming next week, a rare demo of a song from the album Dec 13th 1998! Can you guess which song it'll be??